Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Reason, Will and Emotion

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova
Women's Grand Prix 2015–2016; 1st stage; Monte Carlo, October 13, 2015
Spanish Game C92

Notes by Grandmaster Raymond Dennis Keene, The Spectator Australia, October 29, 2015. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Be7 22. Bb3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Rad1 Red8 25. Rd3 a5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Red1 a4 28. Bd5 Rac8 29. Ne2 Kg7 30. g3 Qd7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a3 Qc4 34. Rd5 Qb3 35. Qd3 Rb8 36. Ra1 Qb2 37. Qd1 Rdc8 38. Kf1 Rc4 39. f3 Rb6 40. Qb1 Qxb1+ 41. Rxb1 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. f4 Bf6 44. Ke3


White stands better here as she can manoeuvre against the Black b- and h-Pawns. Black’s next is an attempt to free her Bishop and grab a Pawn but it backfires. 44. ... exf4+ 45. gxf4 Bxc3 46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Rxb5. With this small tactic White creates an immensely powerful passed Pawn on the b-file. 47. ... Rbc6? The best chance was 47 ... Rxb5 48 Kxc4 Rb8. The White pair of Rooks is now much stronger than the Black pair. 48. Ra5 Rc2 49. b5 Rc8 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. b6 Ra2 52. f5+ Ke5 53. Ra5+ 1 : 0.

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